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POISON AND CRIME.
An Apparent Epidemic of Cussedness
Just Now.
Especial Correspondence.l

..s.. Especial Correspondence
New YORK, May 49,
Once more we are in an epidemic of peculiar
crimes. The newspapers are spotted all over
with accounts of unusual offenses against
women and children, of assaults that seem to
be utterly without motive, and of murders
and maimings not only causeless but actually
hindrances to the objects of the perpetrators.
There is no more crime than there was few
years ago, perhaps, but the crime is so pecu-
liar and unnatural in its character. Another
very noticeable feature of this class of crimes
is that they do not occur in the rude or new
sections; they are almost always in those COM
munities that boast of the highest culture and
in the most thickly populated states There
is every year more marked difference be-
tween the crime Of the south and west and
that Of the far north and east. The south
shoots man In sudden heat: the west pounds
him to death or stabs him in anger. or
drunkenness; the east poisons him or pushes
him from boat in the night, Or slyly stabs
him for purposes Of robbery. In the south
you are sometimes in danger from the man
you drink or argue with; in the west from the
man you ride or gamble with; but in the east
the destruction ''walketh in darkness.n The
crime of the south is more bloody and sem
sational; but that Of the east, being the work
of professionals" as rule, is more sneaking
and insidious For test, look over the list
of all the cruelties perpetrated on women and
children this year-how very few Of them oc-
CURED south of the Ohio or west of the Missis-
sippi
Is there any connection between these pc
culiar crimes and the fact that 80 much of
our food and drink is adulterated? Some of
our philosophers think there is They think
they can trace a connection between bad
beer, bad whisky, bad bread, adulterated
sugar or other unnatural food, and unnatural
crimes. And it is a melancholy truth that
this is the age OF adulteration. And the
United States is confessedly the worst country
in Christendom for this crime. True, the
adulterant mixture is in most cases not
poison, but neither is it food; it Is an alien
substance, and no matter how neutral in
character, it must overload and disorder the
digestive organs. And the misery Of it is that
nearly all the adulterated foods are such as
the poor, and especially the ignorant and
children buy. We are told by men who
should know that In many Of the cheap shops
not one article in five is what it pretends 10
be. Asking one rather honest friend who
keeps stock of drugs and small groceries
how much OF his stock he thought was mixed
with some cheapening substance, he waved
his hand comprehensively around the room
and replied:
avery - thing in the concern except fly
poison and Jamaica ginger in the rootp
srts OBSERVER.
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this piece of hair.

eLLio plCSO VI Aohs
AS we walked down the corridor from the
assayer's Office stencil like that of the cook
ing Of rancid butter greeted our nostrils. and
looking up we saw sign over the door signi-
flying that within were the headquarters of the
chemist of the internal revenue department.
This is new Office, and it was established
last November in accordance with the new
oleomargarine law. Here all the bad butter
and oleomargarine of the country is tested.
1t is sent in pound pieces by the internal rev.
enue collectors throughout the United States.
The chemist boils and cooks it here day after
day, and seems to grow fat over it. AS
I entered, the chemist was standing
before a table on which a number of
gas jets were burning under as many
bottles, kettles and pans. The chemist,
a tall, fine looking man, with blue eyes and a
gray nfustache. was standing in his shirt
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was one day in London, walking down the
Strand, while gentleman who was accom-
panying me was relating to me somewhat
startling incident in which he had been mn
actor He and friend, while bathing in tl:e
Amazon river, narrowly escaped being der
stroyed by huge shark, which suddenly
joined their company, and abruptly ter
minated their aquatic gambols in the tropical
stream. MY friend related the details of their
escape and extolled the hraveryof his conf
panion on that occasion Then, naturally, he
expressed his regret ct the uni;kelihood Of
their ever meeting again; and while proving
in the most conclusive way that it was qnite
impossible they ever should do so, be sntl
denly exclaimed: .sWhv, my goodness! here
he isn And behold in that crowded thor
oughfare. and shaking hands vigorously,
stood these two men, neither Of whom ex-
-eected ever to see the other again.
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SPORTING MATTERS.
Gossip About Horses, Oarsmen and Pu-
gilists.


Gossip About Horses, Oarsmen and Pu-
gilists.
New YORK, May IA.
The folly of backing horses entel III in the
great events like the Kentucky Derby, Su-
hurian and Brooklyn handicaps, ETC., months
before the dates set for the races to be run
was very aptly illustrated by the scratching
of Goliab, who would have won with little or
no trouble if he had started, and the captur-
ing of the prize by Montrose. a second rate
horse, in third rate time. Banburg only a
few days before had run the same distance in
better time than Montrose made, and yet he
was beaten for the Derby, getting no better
than fourth place There were a number of
influences which conspired to beat Banburg,
but as the race is over further mention of the
matter would be useless.
xAx
President John B. Day, of our aGiants" Save
the nlarisl, fear, allowed himself to be un-
duly Influenced by professed friends in the
Gerllardt matter. If Gerharlt could not fill
the bill as second basen,an, he would at any
rate have been most excellent man to have
ON the team in case of the inability Of the
Hon @Buck" Ewing to play at any time.
Ewing reminds me of the man who learned to
play the bones, and then, considering himself
a musician, gave it mp to perform in public
ON the piano Ewing is an excellent catcher,
but as a second baseman and successor to
sMove Up" Joe Gerhardt- well, the disparity
is too great to be expressed in English.
Is.
Let preiudiced newspapers and sdirectedn
scribes say what they choose, bat the true
cause of the failure to arrange q match for
an international battle for the light weight
championship of the world between Jem
Carney and Jack McAuliffe is that Sheppard
is anxious to try Carney against some of the
marks like Frazier and Mitchell before in
vesting too much against McAuliffe Hence
the numerous quibbles and quirks whereby
the Carney people have so far managed to
wris- . ont q n rfatch. 0r-Y
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NEWSPAPER DECISIONS

/. Any one who takes paper regularly from tbe
Postofice-whether directed to his name or another't
or whether he has subscribed or not-is responsible
Tor the payment. - NJ r = sIgI7r
2. If person orders his paper discontinued, b..
must pay all arrearages, the publisher will cone
time to send it until payment Is made and collect the
whole amount. whether the paper lie taken from the
office or not. "A
8. The courts have decided that refusing to take
the newspapers periodicals from the Postoffce or
removing and leaving them uncalled for, is pTimo
fGcie evidence of intentional fraud,
Papers ordered to any address can be changed to
2emittanees by draft check, money order OF regis.
tered letter may Re sent at risk. All POstmastefs
are required to register letters on application.
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AN IRISH TEXAN NEW YORKER.
Sketch of q Man Who Puzzled Gotham's
Bohemiang.
Especial COrresDondence.J
Nryv vopv Nav

Especial Correspondence.l
H NEW York, May 13.
Some four or five years ago peculiar char
acter burst in upon the Bohemian circle Of
New York A wiry figure incased in an inn
mense buffalo skin ulster, thin face deco
rated with mutton chop Whiskers and mus
tache, topped by a slouch hat with phe-
nomenal brim, from under whose protecting
shade sparkled pair of shrewd gray eyes.
excited the curiosity of the Morton house
loungers for few days. Curiosity was al
layed when he was described as ''Col. Knox,
of Texas Col. Knox could go back to
Texas as quickly as he chose for all Bohemia
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cared. The New
York Bohemian
has a supreme, al
most Chinese, con-
tempt for the outer
barbarian /; a con-
tempt which is
amusing from its
lack OF logic, when
ve remember that
! not olle-twentieth
/ of the good fellows
who compose the
charmed Bohemian
circle are New
Workers except by
adoption. They are
gathered from. all
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular advertising payable quarterly as due
Transient advertising payable in advance.
Special Notices are 80 per cent. more than reg
ular advertisements.
Local advertising, Is cents for the first insertion;
~ cents per line for each succeeding insertion;
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parts Of the country and are bound together
by two articles of faith: First, that wit il BET
Ter than money, and second, that New York
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When not paid in advance the rate will be Five
Dollars per year.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
HARD ON CHARLEY.
How . Loving Wife Satisfied Her Hus-
bands Desire for Potato Salad.

How q Loving Vito Satisfied Her Hus-
bands Desire for Potato Salad.
Charley Callboard came home the
other day, and when he sat down with
his family at the table lie resented a
great stack of something that was
piled up in big dish in the middle of
the table. He tasted some of it and
looked frightened.
''Is that to eat?'' he asked.
mot for myself or the children"
said his wife, ''but it is favorite dish
of your own, and l thought it would be
a pleasant surprise for YOU
MAY 1 ask what you call this
rough on hungry men, and what ara
the ingredients" he asked. severely,
trying it again and shuddering.
''Why, l haven't analysed it very
thoroughly" she said. "but it is COM
posed largely OF grease, l don't know
Of what kind. but it's very greasy
grease; then there are potatoes. some
quite raw and others partially cooked,
or at least not wholly raw; there is
large quantity of onions of vary
ing degrees of strength; some
extremely hard cucumber pickles;
some scraps of picked beets, very
thick and old; a strange kind of oil,
such rs l never smelled before outside
of a machine shop, and deluge of
vinegar. sharpened with certain chemi-
Gals; and some ingredients that are
new to me. heard you say number
OF times that you didn't want any
thing better for \ midday lunch than
plate of Emil Weinnenbier's potato
salad. and as you said there wasn''
another place in all this world where
they could make it as he does. sent
Thomas down to the saloon and got
some for you. 1t is very cheap, and
I'm so glad you like it. Have some
more. dear?"
And people who were passing down
the river on an excursion. boat with
the band playing just at that time. say
they heard Charley say NO so plain
ly that they recognized his voice. Mrs.
Callboard says she married Charley to
make a happy home for him. and
whenever she hears of any thing he
likes she is going to get it for him if
she and the children have to 90 with |
out bread.-RoGert j. Burdette, in
Brooklyn Eagle.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
Her Husband Made a Mistake.

An elderly married woman in By
field. who possesses property in her
own right, says the Newburyport
Herald. had frequently expressed a
desire to make gift to the church
with which she is connected. Accord
ingly, when the society determined on
repairing and remodeling the meet
ing-house. the minister. as chairman
of tho soliciting committee. called on
her for contribution and was pre-
scented with check for five hundred
dollars. The clergyman went home
highly elated. but was taken aback
the next day when the lady's husband
and son called tc protest against her
munifcence. They declared that she
had not been in her right mind for a
long time. and didn't know what she
was doing when she yielded to the I'M
due influence brought to bear upon
her. Though the minister knew that
she was as sane as her husband. to say
the least, he sent back the money.
The husband recently sold tract of
land. The deed was duly drawn.
signed and sealed by the grantor. who
passed it to his wife to sign FOR the re-
linquisment of dover, but to his aston
ishment she remarked: mo. am not
in my right mind. you know, and my
act would be void" The old gentle
man has the land still on his hands
instead of the money in his pocket.
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air at five p. m. They 90 it till nine.
Music, flowers. statuary all about
Eating not done at gulp. More hap
plness to the square ward. Newspapers
small. Outside world disposed Of in
about twenty lines. Lots of small
comic illustrated papers "Trink-
halies" On every corner. Round pa
godas. Girl inside. No room for
more. Sells lemonade. orangeade,
soda water. and other light foggy
fluid. People here always swallowing
something. .
Elevator at hotel Big fuss over it.
Two men in uniform to run it. Pace.
mile an hour Beds all single. Every
body seems to sleep single here. One
more bed on top of bed quilt. Very
light. full of feathers, in green silk
bag.
Barracks everywhere. Six stories.
Full of soldiers. Soldiers every.
where. Drill ing everywhere. Drum.
ming everywhere. footing every
where. Soldiers marching past hote
at five in the morning. Always
getting ready to kill somebody. Same
all over Europe. Never out of sight of
bayonet. Nations here arc awfully
afraid of each other. Singular pumps.
Very tall. Long. crooked. iron handle.
Reach to the ground. Tobacco shops
all run by Government. Keep stamps
also. 1nvariable sign over door *.
K" (King and kaiser). The Emperor
Goes all the tobacco business. Not
much tobacco in their cigars. Washed
out. Prices of groceries and dry goods
always marked on article in shop win
dows. Helps one to learn the Ian.
guage. Can read and translate as YOU
walk.
Cultivated shade trees lay over any
thing in America. Six rows, full grown
in some streets. with walks under.
meath. fountains, benches every.
where. Business streets all shaded,
not bare to sun like Broadway or Fifth
avenue. Bath houses five stories high.
Every body here really washes by the
bath and not by the bedroom wash
basin. No such place as Vienna known
in Austria. Austrian name, Wien.
from the bit of river running through
it. Danube river in rear of city. Tim
Der RATS always passing. Miles and
miles of cultivated pine forests in Aus
tria. Pass through them by rail. No
underbrush. Trees tall and straight
by tens of thousands Bufdlo. News.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
Betrayed by a Servant.

Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg's
determination to go to Bulgaria was
made known i'm Vienna in rather conf
cal fashion. Several of the Princes
chief servants were let into the secret
in order to make the necessary prepar-
atoms. but We're strictly bound over to
hold their tongues. However, Prince
Ferdfnand's favorite coachman was so
proud of his new dignity in the house
hold of a reigning Prince that he went
post haste to Viennese st,tioner and
ordered some visiting cards to be
printed-Head Coachman to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Bulgaria An
attache of one of the embassies. coming
into the stationer's, saw the cards
ready to be sent home. and thus tho
secret was out.-Paris Figaro
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13

tennial observance OF the adoption Of
the Constitution. in Philadelphia. "s
the 18th instant? Let Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, Mary A. Livermore, Lucretia
Motifs daughters. and Mary Grew APP
pear somewhere in the great audience.
seated with Chinese men and unpar-
doned criminals from the State prison.
Let banner over them say: "Polit-
ical equals"
Then, in the procession. let the army
of educated women graduates OF our
schools and colleges follow behind the
still larger army of Ignorant. unwashed
men who are all voters, and let thess
women bear a banner with the words:
I'VE follow our Political Supporters"
Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Garfield and Mrs.
Hayes should be in this procession.
Would not such an exhibit help to open
blind eyes to the degradation OF wom-
en-? Would they not see what the
State loses, when all male scalawags
out of prison may vote ard no good
woman may do so?-Lucy Stone.
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IN AUSTRIA'S CAPITAL,
A Jerky and JinGle-Like Description O
Life and Scenes in Vienna.

A Jerky and JtnEle-Lke Description OF
Life and Scenes in Vienna.
Women here carry hods and mix
mortar. Peculiar class. From the
provinces. Wear long boots to the
knee. Short skirts to the boots.
Practical dress. But not ornamental.
Seven different costumes seen daily on
the streets. Laborers ut noon lie down
and sleep on the pavements. Ditto in
the parks on the grass. No keep off
the grass ut every turning. Polish
Jew frequent. In black gowns reach
ing to heels. high hats. and long cork
screw curls. Look like Othcllo. Big
dogs drawing hand carts. Street cars
won't stop for you. Only at certain
places. Indicated by sign-post on
track. The tub the universal vessel to
carry things in. Oval shape. One
stave longer than the rest. So it can
be bound on the carriers back. Car
ries all the water up the six or seven
pairs of stone stairs in the Vienna
houses. Clean clothes ditto for wash.
Separate shops for brandy, beer and
wine. Peasant on spree carries
green twig stuck in his hat-band to in
dictate to the Vienna public his present
mental and moral condition. Hacks
hung low on the wheels. Drivers in
uniform. Every things in uniform
here. Fares low. Ten cents carries
you from Dombach to Leopolstadt.
Suburban villages five or six miles dis
tant. Emperor and Empress are fire.
quently seen driving on the streets.
No fuss; all hats go of rs they go by.
Soldiers everywhere; sentries ditto. in
q chronic condition of saluting officers.
Fleas abundant Every body eats at
the restaurant. Vienna is all restau-
rant on the groand floor. Little home
cooking is done. Melange and rolls
are the universal breakfast. Melange
is half coffee and half hot milk, always
brought you in tall tumbler with a
big tablespoon. Living here is very
public. Ii you hire room the chances
are you must pass through somebody's
bedroom to get to it, or have some one
pass through yours. Female help. in
different Tor oblivious to gentlemen
dodgers. come right in at all hours,
and without knocking, when on duty.
Stoves are like monuments. nine
feet high. covered with porcelain. The
furnace holds about two quarts of
coal. The rest is monument Hand
some men. good shapes. full chests.
fine bass voices. A pleasure to sit
in railway stations and hear the of
ficials in charge call the trains Hand
some women ditto. Every body out
on the street and shopping by eight or
nine IN the morning. Nap at noon.
Gardens full Of families dining in open
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-13
'Frisco's Statue of Liberty.

A s atue of Liberty Is to be erected
on a peak in San francisco by Adolph
Sutro, the millionaire. The figure and
pedestal will be lighted by electricity,
will be one thousand feet above the
level of the sea- The pedestal will
rest on the solid rock of the peak. and
will be over twenty feet high. eleven
feet square at the base. and seven feet
square at the top. The principal fig
ure will be that Of q woman holding
aloft in the right hand the torch Of
liberty, and in the outstretched left
hand the sword Of justice. At her
feet will be figure emblematical OF
despotism. and will be that of a man
lying on his side and clutching at tho
sword held out of his reach. C&eago
Tines.
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FASHIONS FOR AUTUMN.
Something About tho New styles In Jack
cts and lE1lllnorY.

Something About tho New styles In Jack
cts and 3lIllinery.
A warm jacket is one of the first adj
ditions to the wardrobe when prepar-
ing for the cool autumn and winter
days. Braided cloth coats are i'm
ported for autumn in dark shades that
may be worn with various dresses,
such as navy blue, gray-blue, brown,
green and dark steel gray. The
materials used for these tailor-made
garments are fine corkscrews, diago-
nails and Meltons, and the braidins
is done in the same color in very
elaborate designs. or in mixed braid.
with some tinsel added to the prevail
ing color, or else some gold braid or
cord is used carefully to Tighten up
the vest or revers. There is ten
dency to lengthen coats slightly. espe-
cially in the back. and many are of
even length around the sides and back.
ngle-breasted coats will be more seen
in fine, smooth cloths, the double
breasted fronts being reserved for
garments of rough, Scotch tweeds.
Vests remain in favor, some being
very slender, and others genuine
waistcoats set in the underarm seams
of the coat. The backs are fitted by
one or two forms on each side, the
middle forms lap in the middle seam,
and the waist line is defined by two
buttons. Collars are very high, with
buckram interlining. Sleeve are close
coat shape, with buttons and button
holes on the wrists. Pockets may be
set outside along the hips in square
shapes or braided, or be intermediate,
with only slit in the cloth for the
opening. Small fancy buttons are
used on vests. while plain lasting OF
bone Luttons are used on the coats.
Openings of millinery at the whole
sale houses show the various materials
already noted made up into bonnets
and round hats for the early autumn
and for winter. Soft felt bonnets of
the pliable felt made up in folds and
plaits on frame precisely as cloth
would be used are shown for general
wear. There are also stiff felt bonnets
with rows of pinking all over them, or
else merely pinked edges for those who
prefer them. The square of felt which
forms the soft folded crown sometimes
furnishes the twist or corrugated folds
that edge the front of the brim, also
some pointed ends that are tied in
bow on top, or else made to stand
erect. The embroidered fclts showing
small flowers done in the shade of the
felt, or else with beaded wheat or leaf
pattern in borders, are considered most
dressy. A twist in front and pointed
p:nked ends of rich repped faille are
sufficient trimming for full-crowned
felt bonnets, though tuft of quilts or
Of curved cocks plumes may be added.
The newest bonnets have longer
crowns, not indented at the ends, and
many have long pointed poke fronts
Tiled in with slight face trimming.
The coronet fronts of beads, of feath-
srs and of velvet are also largely i'm
ported. Trimmed bonnets of velvet |
from many of the best French millinery
houses retain the same close shapes so
ong in vogue here, adding a trife
more breadth, and making the trim
ming slightly lower.-Harper's Bazar:
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Sweet Wafers.-Six eggs, one pint
-four, two ounces melted butter, one
and one-half cups powdered sugar, one
cup milk. one teaspoontul nutmeg.
Beat whites and yslks separately and
very stiff; rub the sugar and butter
together, and work in first tho yelks.
then the milk, then the -four and
whites. Bake in well-buttcred water
or waffle-irons, rery quickly. browning
rs little as possible. Roll them while
hot upon a smooth round stick not
larger than your little finger. slipping
it out carefully when the cake takes
the right shape.-Boston Budget